Are Environmental Poisons Making You Fat?

Recent research has tied environmental toxins to the development of obesity. Known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), the contaminants were found to have a direct correlation with fat mass. The results showed that blood plasma concentrations of octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (OCDD), PCBs, and the pesticides HCB, TNK, and DDE were all found to lead to higher fat mass. The group with the highest blood content of PCB 105 were found to have a mean fat mass that was 10 pounds higher than those in the lowest 20 percent.

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